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Summary

Thaddeus 'Thad' G. McCotter

Full Name: Thaddeus 'Thad' G. McCotter
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rita; 3 Children: George, Timothy, Emilia
Birth Date: 08/22/1965
Birth Place: Detroit, MI
Home City: Livonia, MI
Religion: Roman Catholic

Recent Key Votes

HR 4480 - Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
Legislation (Yea)

June 21, 2012 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to annually offer for sale at least 25 percent of federal lands that are currently available for oil ...

HR 2578 - Conservation and Economic Growth Act
Legislation (Yea)

June 19, 2012 - Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from restricting the activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Federal lands under his or ...

HR 436 - Repeals Excise Tax on Medical Devices
Legislation (Yea)

June 7, 2012 - Repeals the 2.3 percent tax on medical devices previously imposed on manufactures, producers and importers (Sec. 2). Repeals the limitation on reimbursing ...

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Recent Public Statements

Letter to Douglas H. Schulman, Commissioner of IRS - IRS Scandal

May 13, 2013 - Rep. Joe Barton released the following statement after the IRS revealed it was targeting certain conservative groups and their political ideology when reviewing requests for ...

U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter's Statement on Supreme Court Health Care Decision

June 28, 2012 - U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter made this statement following the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act: "This errant decision is the bitter fruit of ...

Letter to the Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture

June 8, 2012 - The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue, Southwest Washington, D.C. 20250 Dear Secretary Vilsack: We are writing in support of ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2012 American Conservative Union Lifetime Score 82%
2012 American Conservative Union Ratings of Congress 75%
2012 National Electrical Contractors Association Positions 87%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $549,318.61
Total Spent $548,703.51
Cash On Hand $615.10
Debt $105,636.24
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Thaddeus McCotter refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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